Responses of nutrient capture and fine root morphology of subalpine coniferous tree Picea asperata to nutrient heterogeneity and competition

Dandan Li; Hongwei Nan; Jin Liang; Xinying Cheng; ChunZhang Zhao; HuaJun Yin; ChunYing Yin; Qing Liu

doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0187496

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Responses of nutrient capture and fine root morphology of subalpine coniferous tree Picea asperata to nutrient heterogeneity and competition

Dandan Li ,

Roles Conceptualization, Data curation, Formal analysis, Funding acquisition, Investigation, Methodology, Project administration, Resources, Software, Supervision, Validation, Visualization, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

* E-mail: liuqing@cib.ac.cn (QL); ddli1984@hotmail.com (DL)

Affiliations Key Laboratory of Mountain Ecological Restoration and Bioresource Utilization, Chengdu Institute of Biology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Chengdu, China, Ecological Restoration Biodiversity Conservation Key Laboratory of Sichuan Province, Chengdu Institute of Biology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Chengdu, China

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Hongwei Nan,

Roles Conceptualization, Project administration, Resources

Affiliation College of Forestry, Shanxi Agricultural University, Jinzhong, China
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Jin Liang,

Roles Investigation, Supervision

Affiliations Key Laboratory of Mountain Ecological Restoration and Bioresource Utilization, Chengdu Institute of Biology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Chengdu, China, Ecological Restoration Biodiversity Conservation Key Laboratory of Sichuan Province, Chengdu Institute of Biology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Chengdu, China
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Xinying Cheng,

Roles Supervision

Affiliations Key Laboratory of Mountain Ecological Restoration and Bioresource Utilization, Chengdu Institute of Biology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Chengdu, China, Ecological Restoration Biodiversity Conservation Key Laboratory of Sichuan Province, Chengdu Institute of Biology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Chengdu, China
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ChunZhang Zhao,

Roles Formal analysis, Methodology

Affiliations Key Laboratory of Mountain Ecological Restoration and Bioresource Utilization, Chengdu Institute of Biology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Chengdu, China, Ecological Restoration Biodiversity Conservation Key Laboratory of Sichuan Province, Chengdu Institute of Biology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Chengdu, China
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HuaJun Yin,

Roles Data curation

Affiliations Key Laboratory of Mountain Ecological Restoration and Bioresource Utilization, Chengdu Institute of Biology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Chengdu, China, Ecological Restoration Biodiversity Conservation Key Laboratory of Sichuan Province, Chengdu Institute of Biology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Chengdu, China
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ChunYing Yin,

Roles Data curation, Software

Affiliations Key Laboratory of Mountain Ecological Restoration and Bioresource Utilization, Chengdu Institute of Biology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Chengdu, China, Ecological Restoration Biodiversity Conservation Key Laboratory of Sichuan Province, Chengdu Institute of Biology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Chengdu, China
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Qing Liu

Roles Conceptualization, Visualization, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

* E-mail: liuqing@cib.ac.cn (QL); ddli1984@hotmail.com (DL)

Affiliations Key Laboratory of Mountain Ecological Restoration and Bioresource Utilization, Chengdu Institute of Biology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Chengdu, China, Ecological Restoration Biodiversity Conservation Key Laboratory of Sichuan Province, Chengdu Institute of Biology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Chengdu, China
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Responses of nutrient capture and fine root morphology of subalpine coniferous tree Picea asperata to nutrient heterogeneity and competition

Dandan Li,
Hongwei Nan,
Jin Liang,
Xinying Cheng,
ChunZhang Zhao,
HuaJun Yin,
ChunYing Yin,
Qing Liu

Published: November 2, 2017
https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0187496

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